Bandit raid
Sil'lice snuck forward carefully towards the tied up sabre cat. Luckily the cat was preoccupied with staring at the bandits it didn't see the khajiit carefully undoing the rope; at least not until the khajiit snuck back off rather quickly. The bandits were oblivious to the sabre cat's freedom until one of them decided to go and prod at the beast once more. With a shattering roar the beast sprang at the bandit swiping his head off in the process. Other members of the bandit brigade jumped to their feet and tried to stave off the big cat. Sil'lice and her group stayed behind pushing bandits back towards the enraged beast when they wandered too far off.
When the last bandit was killed the sabre cat lay back down in the middle of camp resting its head on its paws. The cat's fur was splotched with blood and gore and the bandit brigade lay in pieces all over the place. Sil'lice should have left well enough alone but something caught her eye. It was a few coin purses laying on a makeshift table. "I'm gonna get those coins. We're gonna need em' later on." Sil'lice whispered to Lydia. Elenwyn was in a state of shock. "Have you lost your mind?" That sabre cat out there is going to rip you to shreds the moment you-never mind go ahead." Elenwyn said with a sardonic smile.
Lydia glared at the altmer not liking the way the woman seemed to have no regard for her traveling companions safety. 'Its no wonder you two aren't friends anymore.' she thought to herself. Sil'lice smiled. "That cat just had 'lunch' I don't think he's hungry…but if he still wants chow…run like hell." she added. Sil'lice carefully snuck around the cat making sure she never moved her eyes from its form. If she could get the bags of gold and leave before the cat could notice her then she'd be in the clear.
Things rarely work out that way though. The cat got to his feet and sprang towards the khajiit knocking her flat onto her back. It opened its great mouth and Sil'lice closed her eyes waiting for a brief amount of pain as the beast tore her throat out. Instead the cat nuzzled her and loped off into the wilderness leaving a very stunned but relieved Sil'lice and Lydia. Elenwyn looked mildly disappointed. She wanted to see what would happen and all the damned cat did was nuzzle her.
"We better get going. I want to get to the next village before nightfall." Sil'lice suggested. They went without further argument. "When we get to Solitude I will see to it you are both arrested for putting me in danger. We should have left those bandits alone and we would have been further along by now." Elenwyn snarled. Sil'lice turned around and walked towards the high elf her fists balled at her side. She was going to beat the shit out of Eleynwyn. Before they could exchange blows (Elenwyn was not one to back off either) something landed heavily near them. It was a huge dragon. Its firey red eyes glared at the trio before it took a deep breath. Fire shot out of its mouth singing the fur lightly on Sil'lice. Lydia drew her bow and fired at the beast hoping to distract it from her thane. Elenwyn shot magical fireballs at the dragon while Sil'lice slashed at it with her sword.
With a snarl the dragon whipped its tail around catching Elenwyn off guard sending her on her back. The dragon slammed its paw on her chest and she heard a few cracks. The damn thing had broken a few ribs. Quickly the dragon snatched her up and chomped down breaking more bones as it shook its head back and forth aggressively before tossing the elf aside. With Elenwyn down all that remained was Lydia and Sil'lice. They continued to strike at the dragon until the dragon had enough and rose to the air hovering just above them. It spoke in some strange language the only word Sil'lice recognizing was Dovakiin. It laughed and then flew off.
Lydia and Sil'lice were none worse for wear. They went to find Elenwyn and found her in a pool of her own blood barely breathing. Lydia looked concerned. Even though she didn't like Elenwyn the woman didn't deserve to be left in this state. Sil'lice looked down with indifference towards the altmer. "Let's go." she replied coldly. Lydia looked at her thane. "are we not going to help her? I know you don't like her but she doesn't deserve…" Sil'lice cut her off. "No, I don't like her. And if she did to you what she did to me then you'd feel the same way." Sil'lice replied walking away. This stunned Lydia. She didn't think her thane would be this cruel. She was torn between leaving a wounded Elenwyn and following her thane. The elf was barely alive and didn't look like she would survive much longer. No one deserved to die alone no matter what they did. And if Sil'lice would walk away then Lydia would stay beside Elenwyn's side until she passed.
"Let me get the damn bedroll ready and we'll take Elenwyn along." Sil'lice replied still angry. Carefully Lydia got Elenwyn onto the bedroll and the two went onto the next villiage. It was a small villiage but it had a healing clinic and with any luck they'd be able to help a wounded altmer. "I hope you realize that if she survives this doesn't mean she'd return the favor. She'd left us to die out there if given the chance." Sil'lice opined. Lydia said nothing. She knew if she wasn't there then her thane would have left Elenwyn for dead.
At the healing clinic Elenwyn was coming to. Her ribs still hurt but at least she could breath with out hearing a popping sound each time she drew breath. She glanced at one of the healers who came to see how she was doing. "Your ribs are going to be sore for a while but they have healed nicely. You should thank the divines your friends were able to bring you in." the healer said gently. "Wh-who brought me in?" Elenwyn asked. "A khajiit and a nord woman. Saying you fought a dragon." the healer replied.
Elenwyn was stunned. The Khajiit and woman had brought her in. she knew the cat would have just left her there if it weren't for Lydia. But she also knew that Sil'lice would have doubled back and brought her in. If there was one thing she knew…was Sil'lice didn't normally let someone die if it could be helped. The khajiit could be a bitch but she wasn't cruel and heartless. She felt a slight tear starting to form in her eyes and wisely kept it back. Maybe traveling with the two idiots wasn't such a bad idea after all….